nolen

i make stuff for the 2000s internet • alum Recurse Center, Jane Street Capital

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2026-02-26 16:12:43 UTC

ssh is an obscure but widely-deployed command. It stands for Secure Snake Home and was made in the 90s to securely play snake online
I made a massively multiplayer backend for it with support for thousands of concurrent snake players
ssh snakes.run to join!
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/137/810/629/111/177/original/71003bac4288a161.mp4

2025-02-20 19:44:57 UTC

what do y'all do with your unclosed tabs?
I've been running pong inside all 240 of mine
blog with a bunch of details over here: https://eieio.games/blog/running-pong-in-240-browser-tabs/
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/114/037/927/827/182/894/original/52de606dd815a345.mp4

2025-02-08 17:27:01 UTC

should you be more skeptical of my self-admitted keylogger than any other code a stranger gives you? I'm not so sure
https://eieio.games/blog/be-skeptical-of-all-code-not-just-the-funny-stuff/
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2025-02-05 19:52:29 UTC

I MADE A GLOBAL CAPS LOCK KEY
FINALLY we can all agree on when it's polite to TYPE IN CAPS!
whenever anyone running the client presses caps lock it presses it for everyone
download the client and see the current caps lock status at globalcapslock.com
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/953/022/253/413/645/original/9c8bdedf1b1831cb.mp4

2025-02-04 18:40:06 UTC

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2025-01-15 18:27:27 UTC

I couldn't find any good games for my password manager. So I made one.
1Crossword connects to your 1Password vault and generates a crossword entirely out of your passwords!
The crosswords are fun, simple, and great for sharing on social media when you finish. Enjoy!
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/833/779/378/773/851/original/5de8daa84519b5a3.mp4

2024-12-06 17:58:30 UTC

how do you all remember every UUID? I find it really hard. so I wrote them all down over at everyuuid.com
the list has fast search across all 2^122 values (so you can find your favorites) - hoping to add some social features like "trending UUIDs" soon!
(writeup on this over on my blog: https://eieio.games/blog/writing-down-every-uuid/)
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/607/172/146/526/324/original/9565076fa6fe4948.mp4

2024-11-01 16:04:51 UTC

I made a game. It's called PacCam. It's Pacman but you control it with your face - look to turn, chomp your mouth to move.
You look very very silly while you play :)
You can play it here: https://eieio.games/paccam/
that's it! have fun!!
#gamedev #indiedev
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2024-09-17 18:35:42 UTC

I'm releasing all the data from one million checkboxes, scripts for generating timelapses from that data, and open sourcing the code.
Hope you enjoy. I've had a ton of fun but I'm pretty happy to be done :)
Code: https://github.com/nolenroyalty/one-million-checkboxes
Scripts: https://github.com/nolenroyalty/one-million-checkboxes-data-scripts
Data: https://archive.org/details/one-million-checkboxes-data
And here's one of my fave timelapses to close things out!
#gamedev
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/154/335/449/289/638/original/38f295239f982470.mp4

2024-08-29 21:39:34 UTC

At the height of One Million Checkboxes's popularity I thought I'd been hacked. A few hours later I was tearing up, extraordinarily proud of some brilliant teens.
Here's my favorite story from running OMCB :)
https://eieio.games/essays/the-secret-in-one-million-checkboxes/